Lykens’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lykens. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLykens is an unincorporated community in Lykens Township, Crawford County, Ohio, United States.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 660 to 589 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lykens yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Lykens’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lykens’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSmith Road Bowstring Arch Bridge,…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lykens
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Lykens, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Smith Road Bowstring Arch Bridge, Spanning Sycamore Creek at Smith Road (TR 62) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.